Kōichirō Genba

Who is Kōichirō Genba?

Kōichirō Genba was the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan and is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Tamura, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University, he was later accepted into the prestigious Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, an institution founded by Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita which grooms future civic leaders of Japan. Genba was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after serving in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for one term. In September 2011 he was chosen as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.